“In late October 2008, when I wrote here at National Review Online that Obama had been a member of the [overtly and self-professed socialist] New Party, his campaign sharply denied it, calling my claim a ‘crackpot smear.’ Recently obtained evidence from the updated records of Illinois ACORN at the Wisconsin Historical Society now definitively establishes that Obama was a member of the New Party. He also signed a ‘contract’ promising to publicly support and associate himself with the New Partywhile in office.”